Wednesday, August 9, 2017

August 9, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not National Book Lovers Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For August 9, 2017 We now face a threat of a nuclear armed N. Korea which
Trump in no uncertain terms warned would be subject to “fire and fury” the extent
to which the world has never seen before only to have Democrats like Schumer,
Hoyer and even Feinstein attack him for rhetoric thereby giving the obese lunatic
a reed to cling to that the U.S. will not act (Schumer, Hoyer and Feinstein
need to get their act together—all hands on deck or face the possibility that
an American city will cease to exist); after the antidiversity memo at Google
that went viral, news that at least 60 former or current female employees are contemplating
legal action for gender based pay discrimination; Niki Haley should be congratulated
for pushing through sanctions on North Korea but it is doubtful that the
sanctions will force a change in behavior or regime change; on the fishing
front the FBI armed with a search warrant raided Manafort’s home in late July
to seize documents and files; Seattle in its bid to out left San Francisco hit
a speed bump when the Freedom Foundation filed a law suit to block its 2.25%
tax on people earning over $250,000; Jim Chambers of EAV Barbell Gym in Atlanta
in another example of the anti police bias fueled by BLM bans police and active
military members from membership in his gym (what a misguided jerk who will be
the first to sue if he calls 911 and an angry dispatcher hangs up on him); on
the sexual assault front a Davidson County, North Carolina middle school
teacher aged 50, Lee Ann Williams, has been arrested for having sex with a 14
year old student eight years ago (hope she is not married and ends up getting
divorced); on the terror front another car attack in France with 6 French
soldiers being run over by a suspect who was wounded during his subsequent
arrest; through August 8, 2017, 2274 people have been shot in Chicago 392
of whom have died.

As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Mariah
Carey, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by Melanie
Griffith on addiction and recovery, deeply disappointed by the gridlock in our
isocracy, secure
in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events
like weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide
you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.

1. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples—created
by the UN General Assembly to preserve and protect the rights of the world’s
indigenous population especially those whose environment and habitat are under
assault by encroaching civilization.

2. National
Book Lovers Day—celebrating the need to carve out some time and read one of your
favorite books whether in e book format, hardcover or paper back, fiction or
nonfiction.

3. 2005 Number One Song—the number one song in 2005
on a long run of 14 weeks in that position was “We Belong Together” by Mariah
Carey. Here is her performance of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0habxsuXW4g

4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “isocracy” means to have equal
political power which is the foundation of our republic with its three equal
branches of government (sadly with the Senate and its super majority rules
gridlock sometimes occurs.

5. Addiction
Is Treatable and Beatable—celebrating the birth on this day in
1957 of Melanie Griffith noted TV and film actress who has gone through three
husbands and struggled with addiction and alcoholism for years but now is clean
and sober.

On this day
in:

a. 1173 in a
construction project that will take some 200 years to complete, the construction
commenced on the leaning Tower of Pisa.

b. 1892 Thomas Edison
received a patent for a two way telegraph.

c. 1936 at the Berlin Summer Olympics, Jesse
Owens won his fourth gold medal much to the displeasure of Adolf Hitler who was
hoping to use the Olympics as a forum to showcase his master race.

d. 1945 the U.S. dropped its second atomic bomb
on Japan at Nagasaki.

e. 2014 African American
Michael Brown while trying to take away a Officer Darren Wilson’s service
revolver was shot and killed by him, sparking days of rioting and looting in
the city of Ferguson, Missouri and the creation of the Black Lives Matter
Movement.

Reflections
on the addiction and recovery from one who has experienced both: “The
change for anyone who's been addicted to any mind-altering substances like
alcohol or drugs is so great. And it's so great being straight. Now it's like
... it gets better all the time. [Recovery] was really a wonderful experience
for me. It changed my life. It's hard. But I encourage everybody who has a
problem to do it.” Melanie Griffith. Please enjoy thepoems
on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet
andfollow me) and follow my
blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the
links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's
Believe It Or Notfor just This Day in History.

About Me

Raised in a small fishing village in Alaska, Petersburg,in the 40's and 50's. Returned in the 60's to fish commercially on purse seiners for six summers. Graduate of Stanford class of 69 with great distinction, Yale Law School class of 72, For many years an experienced, efficient, and creative lawyer and adviser providing venture capital, corporate and transactional legal services to start-ups and emerging private and public companies. Published poet, customized poems for memorable events, creator of Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day in History (daily factoids, holidays, quotes and often a short poem), and daily tweets in 140 iambic bytes on news of day and in the process of publishing North to Alaska--Islands of Stability in Seas of Change. Contact me have created a unique customized poem for any memorable event or to impress a loved one networking events. mridley@octechlaw.com, www.octechlaw.com, linkedin.com/in/octechlaw.com, twitter.com/alaskanpoet,
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